SolarOne, part of the South Korea-based Hanwha group, now makes 28% of its sales in Japan, where a generous feed-in tariff has driven growth.

A further 19% of its modules go to South Africa, where the government has launched a major support programme for renewables via a series of tenders.

Hanwha SolarOne underscored its penetration of new markets as it said it had surpassed 4GW of global module shipments – claiming to be the first Korean company to reach that level.

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